Chanel Senior Merchandising Manager

About Chanel

Chanel is one of the world’s most revered luxury houses, founded by Gabrielle Chanel and distinguished by an enduring vision of elegance, freedom, and modernity. As an employer, the House brings together métiers ranging from haute couture, fashion and leather goods to fragrance, beauty, watches, and fine jewelry, offering employees the opportunity to contribute to a legacy defined by exceptional craftsmanship and creative audacity. Chanel values excellence, discretion, collaboration, and long-term development, fostering an environment where talent is nurtured and heritage is continually reinterpreted for contemporary clients. Its teams are united by a commitment to quality, innovation, and the timeless spirit of the brand.

Role & Responsibilities

• Serve as the regional product expert, bridging Global vision, Divisional direction and market opportunities.
• Define, communicate and cascade regional category strategies, collection priorities and business ambitions across SEAA.
• Bring a strong point of view on Fashion energy, desirability, client relevance and sustainable growth.
• Partner with Merchandising Planning to translate business ambitions into robust OTB, sales forecasts and category plans.
• Define the regional buying strategy, assortment architecture and recommendations from pre-buy through post-buy.
• Lead regional/core buys for assigned categories, integrating market input while improving consistency, precision and efficiency.
• Review market buys, challenge assumptions and identify risks, missed opportunities and local relevance gaps.
• Orchestrate the collection cycle across markets, from pre-buy insights and launch preparation to in-season actions, markdown and end-of-season.
• Establish performance governance through relevant KPIs, conduct regular business reviews and provide actionable recommendations.
• Share best practices, influence local markets and scale successful initiatives to unlock the full potential of collections across SEAA.
• Partner with Planning, Supply Chain, Business Finance and markets to identify inventory risks and opportunities early.
• Lead regional stock optimization through transfers, diversions and end-of-season actions, balancing sales potential, availability and inventory risk.
• Create an effective co-creation model with markets, ensuring regional scale while protecting local relevance and strategy.
• Orchestrate cross-functional alignment with Retail, Visual Merchandising, Styling, Learning, Press, Operations and Finance to enable seamless execution.
• Serve as a trusted interface across Global, Regional and Market teams, influencing decisions through insight, clarity and constructive challenge.
• Elevate merchandising capability across the region through coaching, knowledge sharing, tools and common standards.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience and strong expertise in merchandising and buying within the luxury Fashion industry.
• Strong product sensitivity, commercial judgment and understanding of collection, client and market dynamics.
• Demonstrated ability to define regional strategy, lead complex buying cycles and translate insights into measurable business actions.
• Solid analytical capability across OTB, planning and forecasting, assortment, sell-through and inventory productivity.
• Excellent influencing, stakeholder management and communication skills across Global, Regional and Market teams.
• Ability to lead, coach and develop teams while building capability beyond direct reporting lines.
• Innovative and pragmatic mindset, with the courage to test, learn and continuously improve ways of working.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, balance regional efficiency with local relevance and drive collective accountability.

Skills

Culture

Chanel fosters a culture of timeless creativity, exacting craftsmanship, and quiet excellence, where employees are encouraged to uphold the house’s heritage while contributing to its continued innovation. The workplace environment is refined, collaborative, and deeply committed to quality, offering professionals the opportunity to grow within a globally respected maison that values discretion, artistry, and long-term vision.

About Cerulean

Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.